[advocacy-discuss] Project proposal v2

[Rafael Vanoni]

Thiago Pereira wrote:
> I agree that the first suggestions fits better.

Cool

> Is there any way to create a new place in BR-Portal where I and the 
> others members of BR-Newbies can add/change the site/group? I won`t like 
> to louse the freedom of have a br-newbie portal where we can arrange the 
> posts/documentation when and the way we would prefer.

No worries, I'll set it up later today and email you off alias when it's 
done.

> Thanks man!

My pleasure, the community needs this.

Welcome !

Rafael


> ;-)
> 
> TaP
> 
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Rafael Vanoni <Rafael.Vanoni at sun.com 
> <mailto:Rafael.Vanoni at sun.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Thiago Pereira wrote:
> 
>         Rafael,
> 
>         So I think that the best option here is get sponsor of the two
>         groups. BR and Advocacy, since we're gonna publicate step by
>         step in English and Portuguese.
> 
> 
>     The BR portal is a project, not a community, so it can't sponsor
>     other projects. I don't think advocacy is the right place for
>     documentation geared projects, such as the one you are proposing
>     (please, correct me if I'm wrong). The documentation community seems
>     the right place, you could also get sponsorship from l10n and i18n
>     if you plan on localizing it later.
> 
>     I have two (exclusive) suggestions:
> 
>     a. your proposal has quite a lot of focus on the localized (to
>     Brazil) aspect of the project. If that's where you'd like to focus,
>     we can do this without an extra project and use the portal and an
>     existing (or a new) user group.
> 
>     or
> 
>     b. modify your proposal so it will develop content primarily in
>     English and bring it to the documentation community. We can work at
>     the BR portal level later on to localize/translate it to Pt-BR.
> 
>     What do you think ?
> 
>     Rafael
> 
> 
>         In my point of view, BR portal is the head of OpenSolaris in
>         Brazil, and the communites are the arms, chest,.......
> 
>         I really like our option, and if we work together we can grow
>         together!
> 
>         Thanks
> 
>         TaP
> 
>         On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Rafael Vanoni
>         <Rafael.Vanoni at sun.com <mailto:Rafael.Vanoni at sun.com>
>         <mailto:Rafael.Vanoni at sun.com <mailto:Rafael.Vanoni at sun.com>>>
>         wrote:
> 
>            Hi Thiago
> 
>            I'm all in favor of what you are proposing, your motivations and
>            objectives are in line with what the BR community needs and is
>            definitely something we can do to grow adoption.
> 
>            However, I think we already have the necessary infra
>         structure to do
>            this. The Brazilian portal can host this content and is the right
>            place to do so since what you're proposing will generate
>         localized
>            content.
> 
>            In terms of mailing lists, I believe we can get a better
>         volume of
>            both users and content by using an existing (or starting a
>         new) user
>            group.
> 
>            I'd like to hear your opinions on this, but I don't think
>         advocacy
>            would be the right sponsor or place for this project.
> 
>            Rafael
> 
> 
>            Thiago Pereira wrote:
> 
>                Hey guys,
> 
>                Here is my v2 of the Newbies on OpenSolaris
> 
>                ============================================
>                Proposal for OpenSolaris Project: BR-Newbies on OpenSolaris
> 
> 
>                *Description: *  --   How can we bring new users to
>         OpenSolaris,
>                without teach the bases of Unix/Solaris (day by day
>                utilization)? These information are spread over the internet,
>                sometimes in a very technical language, so we would like
>         to make
>                a centralized point to users (in English and Portuguese)
>         using
>                easier expressions.
> 
>                *Location:* Sao Paulo, Brazil
> 
>                ***List of initial project team members:*
> 
>                - Thiago Pereira  (Program Coordinator), primary contact - IT
>                Operations, Sun Microsystems - OpenSolaris ID: tap
>                - Valdinei Barbosa - Second contact - OpenSolaris ID:
>         vbarbosa
> 
>                The project will archive its contributions,
>         presentations, and
>                other material to the project space on the OpenSolaris site.
> 
>                *Project Needs:* This project requires project space on
>                OpenSolaris.org  site. The project also requires a
>         mailing list.
>                Suggested list name is  br-newbies at opensolaris dot org
>              
>          <mailto:opensolaris-champions%20at%20opensolaris%20dot%20org
>         <mailto:opensolaris-champions%2520at%2520opensolaris%2520dot%2520org>
>              
>          <mailto:opensolaris-champions%2520at%2520opensolaris%2520dot%2520org
>         <mailto:opensolaris-champions%252520at%252520opensolaris%252520dot%252520org>>>.
> 
> 
>                *Proposed activities:*
> 
>                - This group has the intention to make basic utilization
>                tutorials about the system, like "How I install Flash
>         Player?",
>                "How I update my JAVA?", "How I install packages?" or
>         even "What
>                is the command to change the ownership of one folder?"
>         (day by
>                day utilization);
>                - Make basic step by step in English and Portuguese;
>                - Be in touch with another Brazilian communities;
>                - Help Brazilians OpenSolaris ambassadors with their
>                communities, conferences,...
> 
>                Thanks guys
> 
>                Thiago Pereira
> 
> 
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